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Waura Indians line up during the annual 'quarup,' a ritual held over several days to honor a particular person important to the tribe (this year, it's their late chief, Atami, who died last year) at Brazil's Xingu National Park.

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A sleepy cheetah yawns at his home on the grounds of the Cheetah Conservation Fund's center in Otjiwarongo, Namibia.

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A crazed Chinese man -- brandishing a fairly large blade -- stands on an air conditioner outside the window of his mother's apartment in Anshan, where he held the woman hostage before climbing out the window. Cops eventually nabbed him with his mother's help.

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Firefighters work to quell a blaze at the Hibdon Tires plant in Norman, Okla. No one was hurt, but fire officials said it's likely the largest commercial fire crews have responded to this year.

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He's cleaning up his image... A worker pastes up an election poster in Berlin showing Rainer Bruederle, top candidate for the liberal Free Democratic Party in the upcoming German general elections.

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A trio of men await rescue on the roof of a Salori, India, home that's is submerged in the floodwaters of the River Ganges after heavy monsoon rains.

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Children take in the smouldering remains of homes in Myanmar's Htan Gone village, which was razed by about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters who rampaged through villages setting fire to property and attacking rescue vehicles.

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A former Maoist rebel celebrates with his son after being integrated as a lieutenant into Nepal's national army, as part of the peace deal, at Nepal Military Academy in Bhaktapur.

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A colorfully-dressed (and coiffed) Venus Williams serves to Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens on the opening day of the US Open in Queens.

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Palestinian mourners grieve in each others' arms as they await the funeral procession in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians in clashes during an arrest raid.

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A feathered performer marches in a parade on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.

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Sudanese men craft a barrier in hopes of protecting their homes from the rising waters of the White Nile River in South Khartoum, where heavy rain and flooding have affected the lives and properties of some 320,000.